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Epidemiology of alexithymia among adolescentsMatti Joukamaa
Tampere School of Public Health, University of Tampere, Tampere University Hospital, Tampere, Finland
J Psychosom Res 63:373-6. 2007..There are no data concerning the epidemiology of alexithymia among teenagers in the general population. We studied the prevalence of alexithymia among a representative sample of 15-16-year olds...
Alexithymia and childhood abuse among patients attending primary and psychiatric care: results of the RADEP StudyMatti Joukamaa
Tampere School of Public Health, University of Tampere, Tampere, Finaland
Psychosomatics 49:317-25. 2008..Some authors have suggested that the background of alexithymia is related to affective development during early childhood...- Social situation of expectant mothers and alexithymia 31 years later in their offspring: a prospective studyMatti Joukamaa
Department of Social Psychiatry, Tampere School of Public Health, University of Tampere, Tampere, Finland
Psychosom Med 65:307-12. 2003..We studied the association between alexithymia in adulthood and social situation of the child's family at the time of the child's birth... - Schizophrenia, neuroleptic medication and mortalityMatti Joukamaa
Department of Social Psychiatry, Tampere School of Public Health, University of Tampere, FIN 33014, Finland
Br J Psychiatry 188:122-7. 2006..There is an excess of death from natural causes among people with schizophrenia... - Alexithymia and somatization in general populationAino K Mattila
Tampere School of Public Health, FIN 33014 University of Tampere, Tampere, Finland
Psychosom Med 70:716-22. 2008..We conducted such a study to find out whether alexithymia is associated with somatization at population level... - Health-related quality-of-life profiles in nonalexithymic and alexithymic subjects from general populationAino K Mattila
Tampere School of Public Health, University of Tampere, Finland
J Psychosom Res 68:279-83. 2010..Furthermore, there are no studies on HRQoL profiles in representative general population samples controlling for sociodemographic variables, mental health and somatic health... - Alexithymia and life satisfaction in primary healthcare patientsAino K Mattila
Tampere School of Public Health, FIN 33014, Tampere, Finland
Psychosomatics 48:523-9. 2007..2% were depressed. Alexithymia was negatively associated with life satisfaction even when depression and other confounding factors were controlled for. Alexithymia is a risk factor for life dissatisfaction in primary-care patients... - Gender differences in the symptoms of major depression and in the level of social functioning in public primary care patientsOuti Poutanen
University of Tampere, Medical School Tampere University Hospital, Psychiatric Clinic, Finland
Eur J Gen Pract 15:161-7. 2009..There are no great differences in the symptom profiles of depression between the genders in observer rating scales, but women self-report more symptoms... - The performance of diagnostic measures of depression in alexithymic and nonalexithymic subjectsAino K Mattila
Tampere School of Public Health, University of Tampere, FIN 33014 Tampere, Finland
Gen Hosp Psychiatry 30:77-9. 2008..The objective of this study was to examine how the outcomes of a structured diagnostic interview for depression are related to the results of a self-report scale in alexithymic and nonalexithymic groups... - Predicting lifetime mood elevation in primary care patients and psychiatric patientsOuti Poutanen
University of Tampere, Medical School Tampere University Hospital, Psychiatric Clinic, Tampere, Finland
Nord J Psychiatry 62:263-71. 2008..Quick and easy questions about smoking and difficulties in making contact with the opposite sex may improve the detection of mood elevation... - Alexithymia, human relationships, and mobile phone useAino K Mattila
Tampere School of Public Health, University of Tampere, Tampere, Finland
J Nerv Ment Dis 198:722-7. 2010..The results support the findings of earlier studies that have linked interpersonal problems with alexithymia... - Alexithymia and health-related quality of life in a general populationAino K Mattila
Tampere School of Public Health, FIN 33014, University of Tampere, Tampere, Finland
Psychosomatics 50:59-68. 2009..Alexithymia is thought to reflect a deficit in the cognitive processing of emotion, and, therefore, it may predispose individuals to both psychological and somatic symptoms... - Five-year mortality of Finnish schizophrenia patients in the era of deinstitutionalizationHelena Rantanen
Tampere School of Public Health, University of Tampere, and Department of Psychiatry, Tampere University Hospital, 33014, Tampere, Finland
Soc Psychiatry Psychiatr Epidemiol 44:135-42. 2009..We studied the changes in mortality and causes of death among schizophrenia sufferers during and after the years of deinstitutionalization process in Finland... - Mortality of Finnish acute psychiatric hospital patientsHeidi Honkonen
Tampere School of Public Health, University of Tampere, 33014, Tampere, Finland
Soc Psychiatry Psychiatr Epidemiol 43:660-6. 2008..The aim of this study was to assess the overall mortality in acute psychiatric hospital patients covering all diagnostic groups, with special emphasis on substance abuse... - Alexithymia and occupational burnout are strongly associated in working populationAino K Mattila
Tampere School of Public Health, University of Tampere, Tampere, Finland
J Psychosom Res 62:657-65. 2007..The relationship between alexithymia and occupational burnout has not previously been studied. We investigated the association between alexithymia and occupational burnout in a representative nationwide population health study... - Stability of affect associated with autobiographical memoriesOuti Poutanen
University of Tampere Medical School, Tampere University Hospital, Psychiatric Clinic, Finland
Nord J Psychiatry 63:223-30. 2009..Future long follow-up studies with more specific multi-item measures on family atmosphere are needed... - The Depression Scale as a screening instrument for a subsequent depressive episode in primary healthcare patientsOuti Poutanen
Department of Psychiatry, Medical School, University of Tampere and Psychiatric Clinic, Tampere University Hospital, Finland
Br J Psychiatry 191:50-4. 2007..There are numerous instruments for screening for depression. A feasible screen is good at both recognising and predicting depression... - Psychoneurotic symptoms and alexithymia in coeliac diseasePekka Collin
Department of Gastroenterology and Alimentary Tract Surgery, Medical School, Tampere University Hospital, Tampere, Finland
Scand J Gastroenterol 43:1329-33. 2008..The aim of this study was to evaluate whether patients with coeliac disease suffer from psychoneurotic symptoms or alexithymia, and whether a gluten-free diet has an impact on the symptoms... - Obsessive-compulsive personality disorder is common among occupational health care clients with depressionTero Raiskila
School of Health Sciences, University of Tampere, Peltolantie 17, Tampere, Finland
J Occup Environ Med 55:168-71. 2013..To study how common personality disorders (PDs) are among employed subjects with first-episode depression. Depression is the single most common cause of working disability in Finland. Personality disorders are associated with depression... - Psychometric properties of the 20-item toronto alexithymia scale and prevalence of alexithymia in a finnish adolescent populationPäivi Säkkinen
Tampere University Hospital, Psychiatric Treatment and Research Unit for Adolescent Intensive Care EVA, 33380 Pitkaniemi, Finland
Psychosomatics 48:154-61. 2007..The authors conclude that the TAS-20 has good psychometric properties in adolescent samples. Alexithymia rate decreases from early to middle adolescence and remains essentially on a level similar to that among adults... - Drug use among prisoners: by any definition, it's a big problemTomi Petteri Lintonen
Police College of Finland, Research and Development, Tampere, Finland
Subst Use Misuse 46:440-51. 2011..Nonclinical interview-based prevalence figures may overestimate harmful use of drugs unless known risk patterns of use (e.g., intravenous use) are specifically addressed... - Age is strongly associated with alexithymia in the general populationAino K Mattila
Tampere School of Public Health, University of Tampere, Tampere, Finland
J Psychosom Res 61:629-35. 2006..We studied the prevalence of alexithymia, its distribution in different age groups in a wide age range, its association with sociodemographic and health-related variables, and its co-occurrence with depression... - Symptoms of depression and anxiety in relation to dental health behavior and self-perceived dental treatment needSirpa Anttila
Department of Periodontology and Geriatric Dentistry, Institute of Dentistry, University of Oulu, Finland
Eur J Oral Sci 114:109-14. 2006..Symptoms of anxiety were significantly associated with lower toothbrushing frequency. The results support the view that there is an increased risk for impaired dental health among subjects with depressive symptoms or symptoms of anxiety... - Alexithymia, depression and sleep disturbance symptomsErkki Kronholm
Psychother Psychosom 77:63-5. 2008 - Somatization and alexithymia in young adult Finnish populationJuha T Karvonen
Department of Psychiatry, Oulu University Hospital, FIN 90029 OYS, Oulu, Finland
Gen Hosp Psychiatry 27:244-9. 2005..We assessed alexithymia and alexithymic features among young adult subjects with and without somatization symptoms in an epidemiological setting with a sample of young adults... - DSM-IV mood-, anxiety- and alcohol use disorders and their comorbidity in the Finnish general population--results from the Health 2000 StudySami P Pirkola
Dept of Mental Health and Alcohol Research, National Public Health Institute, Mannerheimintie 166, 00300 Helsinki, Finland
Soc Psychiatry Psychiatr Epidemiol 40:1-10. 2005..Information on prevalence, accumulation and variation of common mental disorders is essential for both etiological research and development of mental health service systems... - Inter-correlations between Cloninger's temperament dimensions-- a meta-analysisJouko Miettunen
Department of Psychiatry, Oulu University and Oulu University Hospital, PO Box 5000, Oulu, Finland
Psychiatry Res 160:106-14. 2008..In conclusion, we found a medium level negative correlation between NS and HA; other correlations between the dimensions were small. These findings mainly support Cloninger's theory of independent dimensions... - Comparison of hospital-treated personality disorders and personality disorders in a general population sampleLiisa Kantojärvi
Department of Psychiatry, University of Oulu and Oulu University Hospital, Finland
Nord J Psychiatry 58:357-62. 2004..The most common PDs in hospital-treated sample were cluster B PDs (erratic). In the population subsample, cluster C PDs (anxious) formed the majority... - Reasons for the diagnostic discordance between clinicians and researchers in schizophrenia in the Northern Finland 1966 Birth CohortKristiina Moilanen
Dept of Psychiatry, University of Oulu, P O 5000, 90014 University of Oulu, Finland
Soc Psychiatry Psychiatr Epidemiol 38:305-10. 2003..This poses a challenge to psychiatric research. We studied the reasons for diagnostic discordance between clinicians and researchers... - Criminality in the offspring of antenatally depressed mothers: a 33-year follow-up of the Northern Finland 1966 Birth CohortPirjo Maki
Department of Psychiatry, University of Oulu, P O Box 5000, FIN 90014 Oulu, Finland
J Affect Disord 74:273-8. 2003..No epidemiological studies have been reported on the association between mothers' antenatal depression and criminality in their offspring... - Ability to speak at the age of 1 year and alexithymia 30 years laterPirkko Kokkonen
Department of Psychiatry, Oulu University Hospital, Oulu, Finland
J Psychosom Res 54:491-5. 2003..We studied the association between speech development in the first year of life and alexithymia in young adulthood... - Maternal separation at birth and schizophrenia--a long-term follow-up of the Finnish Christmas Seal Home ChildrenPirjo Maki
Department of Psychiatry, University of Oulu, PO Box 5000, FIN 90014 Oulu, Finland
Schizophr Res 60:13-9. 2003..Problems in the early mother-infant relation pose a hypothetical risk factor of schizophrenia. We studied the association between very early separation and later development of schizophrenia or other psychoses in a unique data set... - Age at menarche and depression at the age of 31 years: findings from the Northern Finland 1966 Birth Cohort StudyAnne Herva
Department of Psychiatry, University Hospital of Oulu, Oulu, PL 26, FIN 90029 OYS, Finland
J Psychosom Res 57:359-62. 2004..The role of oestrogen in depression is not clear, although it affects serotonergic functions in the central nervous system (CNS). We wanted to test the hypothesis that age at menarche is associated with depression in young adulthood... - Type 2 diabetes among persons with schizophrenia and other psychotic disorders in a general population surveyJaana Suvisaari
Department of Mental Health and Alcohol Research, National Public Health Institute, Helsinki, Finland
Eur Arch Psychiatry Clin Neurosci 258:129-36. 2008.... - Somatization symptoms in young adult Finnish population--associations with sex, educational level and mental healthJuha T Karvonen
Department of Psychiatry, Oulu University Hospital, Oulu, Finland
Nord J Psychiatry 61:219-24. 2007..It may be concluded that it is important to recognize psychiatric disorders in subjects with somatization symptoms, especially as these symptoms have been shown to be treatable with both psychotherapy and psychiatric medication... - Co-occurrence of metabolic syndrome with depression and anxiety in young adults: the Northern Finland 1966 Birth Cohort StudyAnne Herva
Department of Psychiatry, Oulu University Hospital, Oulu, Finland
Psychosom Med 68:213-6. 2006..We studied whether metabolic syndrome and its components are associated with depressive and anxiety symptoms in a young adult population cohort... - Sex differences in Cloninger's temperament dimensions--a meta-analysisJouko Miettunen
Department of Psychiatry, Oulu University and Oulu University Hospital, PO Box 5000, FIN 90014 Oulu, Finland
Compr Psychiatry 48:161-9. 2007..The given data on sex differences should be taken into account in future studies using these instruments... - Comorbidity between facial pain, widespread pain, and depressive symptoms in young adultsKirsi Sipilä
Department of Prosthetic Dentistry and Stomatognathic Physiology, Institute of Dentistry, University of Oulu, Oulu, Finland
J Orofac Pain 20:24-30. 2006.... - Cloninger's Temperament dimensions, socio-economic and lifestyle factors and metabolic syndrome markers at age 31 years in the Northern Finland Birth Cohort 1966Ulla Sovio
Imperial College London, UK
J Health Psychol 12:371-82. 2007..Our results suggest that temperament is associated with metabolic syndrome markers and this association may be partly mediated by lifestyle factors and socio-economic status in adulthood... - Alexithymia after traumatic brain injury: its relation to magnetic resonance imaging findings and psychiatric disordersSalla Koponen
Department of Psychiatry, Turku University Hospital, Turku, Finland
Psychosom Med 67:807-12. 2005..People with traumatic brain injury (TBI) were studied to assess the prevalence of alexithymia and its relationship to magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) findings and psychiatric disorders... - Alexithymia, depression and tinnitus in elderly peopleJaakko Salonen
Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Turku University Central Hospital, P O Box 52, FIN 20521 Turku, Finland
Gen Hosp Psychiatry 29:431-5. 2007..Tinnitus is known to have an association with depression and other psychiatric disorders. As part of a larger epidemiological survey, we evaluated the associations among tinnitus, depression and alexithymia in a group of elderly people... - Co-occurrence of personality disorders with mood, anxiety, and substance use disorders in a young adult populationLiisa Kantojärvi
Department of Psychiatry, University of Oulu, Finland
J Pers Disord 20:102-12. 2006..The weighted co-occurrence rate of any PD varied from 28% for mood disorders to 47% for anxiety disorders. PDs, especially those in Cluster C, are highly associated with Axis I psychiatric disorders in population... - Temperament profiles and somatization--an epidemiological study of young adult peopleJuha T Karvonen
Department of Psychiatry, Out-patient Clinic of Adolescent Psychiatry, Oulu, Finland
J Psychosom Res 61:841-6. 2006..CONCLUSION: We did not find a characteristic temperament profile for somatizers. This finding is in contrast to suggestions that somatization is associated with temperament profiles... - Predicting use of coercive measures in FinlandJyrki A Korkeila
Department of Psychiatry, University of Turku, Turku, Finland
Nord J Psychiatry 56:339-45. 2002..Our results suggest that the implementation and monitoring of restrictive measures could be further harmonized... - The Hopkins Symptom Checklist-25 in screening DSM-III-R axis-I disordersJuha Veijola
Department of Psychiatry, Oulu University Hospital, Finland
Nord J Psychiatry 57:119-23. 2003..The HSCL-25 is a moderate instrument for screening with present axis-I DSM-III-R psychiatric disorders in a young adult population. It can be recommended for screening of psychiatric disorders... - Temporary parental separation at birth and substance use disorder in adulthood. A long-term follow-up of the Finnish Christmas Seal Home ChildrenJuha Veijola
Dept of Psychiatry, University and University Hospital of Oulu, P O Box 5000, 90014 Oulu, Finland
Soc Psychiatry Psychiatr Epidemiol 43:11-7. 2008..Adversities in the early mother-infant relation pose a hypothetical risk for addiction. We studied the association between very early separation and later development of substance use disorder... - Parental separation at birth and criminal behaviour in adulthood--a long-term follow-up of the Finnish Christmas Seal Home childrenPirjo Maki
Dept of Psychiatry, University of Oulu and University Hospital of Oulu, P O Box 5000, 90014 University of Oulu, Finland
Soc Psychiatry Psychiatr Epidemiol 38:354-9. 2003..Parental absence has been connected with later criminality. We studied the association between very early separation and criminality in a unique data set... - Somatization disorder in young adult populationJuha T Karvonen
Department of Psychiatry, Oulu University Hospital, Oulu, Finland
Gen Hosp Psychiatry 26:9-12. 2004.... - Asperger syndrome, alexithymia and perception of sleepPekka Tani
Department of Psychiatry, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland
Neuropsychobiology 49:64-70. 2004..It is possible that alexithymic traits predispose to anxiety, which in turn lowers the sleep quality in AS adults. Alternatively, low sleep quality might be due to AS itself... - Neurotic psychopathology and alexithymia among winter swimmers and controls--a prospective studySari Lindeman
University of Oulu, Department of Psychiatry, Finland
Int J Circumpolar Health 61:123-30. 2002..However, we found no major differences between winter swimmers and controls in any CCEI or TAS variables. The structured questionnaires do not necessarily, however, reach subjective feelings and experiences... - Temperament profiles in women with somatization disorderJuha T Karvonen
Psychiatry Clin Neurosci 61:578. 2007 - Observing relationships in Finnish adoptive families: Oulu Family Rating ScalePekka Tienari
Department of Psychiatry of Oulu University, Oulu, Finland
Nord J Psychiatry 59:253-63. 2005..For this purpose 33 sub-scales were selected creating what we call Oulu Family Rating Scale (OPAS, Oulun PerheArviointiSkaala). In this paper, the manual for scoring of these sub-scales is presented... - Association of cannabis use with prodromal symptoms of psychosis in adolescenceJouko Miettunen
Department of Psychiatry, University of Oulu, PO Box 5000, 90014 University of Oulu, Finland
Br J Psychiatry 192:470-1. 2008..23; 95% CI 1.70-2.94). A dose-response effect was seen. We conclude that cannabis use is associated with prodromal symptoms of psychosis in adolescence...